Does zing always fail when fighting a cannibox or if the character was killed by whack?

Okay, so I ran into a cannibox today, and it cast whack on my main character and instant killed him. I spent about 5 -7 turns trying to revive him in battle with zing, but all of those attempts failed. Is it that zing can't work when fighting cannibox / character was killed by whack, or am I that unlucky?4 years ago